Hi --
Last night I added to all my ext3 filesystem relatime, replacing noatime. I never remount the filesystems (my error). I then ran: 'yum update', and it installed a new kernel and initrd, 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64. From then on when I tried to boot I got:
ext3-fs: Unrecognized mount option 'relatime or missing value, mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysrout as ext3: invalid Argument.
I booted knoppix, mount my fs, changed fstab,mtab, sync sync and it kept complaining about relatime. Then I stumbled on a link saying the relatime is passed automatically by the kernel or ? (it was late, head sore from banging it)
I rebooted the old kernel/initrd and it came up. I catted /proc/mounts and it showed relatime as a option, checked /etc/fstab /etc/mtab and they all have noatime (with relatime removed -- verifying my knoppix routine worked).
Can anyone explain this? I'd like to be able to go forward with 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64. I think (no proof) that the install of the kernel removed something (?) needed for ext3 fs to mount cleanly, thanks for any help!
-- Gary